198 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '18 



Orthoptera. Mr. Rehn exhibited specimens of four species ot 

 the aberrant Tettigoniid genus Paraphidnia. These specimens repre- 

 sented four undescribed species, the two previously known species 

 being quite distinct, but unrepresented in the collections at the Acad- 

 emy. The speaker cited this as an illustration of the frequently en- 

 countered difficulty in securing material of the older species. 



Odonata. Dr. Calvert exhibited a box of Odonata collected by 

 Mr. E. Daecke in the central part of Pennsylvania, the most interest- 

 ing of which were: Goniphits ainnicola Walsh, Inglenook, vii. 3, 1916, 

 i $ (the first Pennsylvania records were published in the NEWS, 

 xxvii, 380) ; Gtnnpluts rcntricosus Walsh, Inglenook, v. 25 and vi. I, 

 1913, 2 $ , i 9 (the only other Pennsylvania specimen known to the 

 speaker being a 9 from York by George Miller, in the Academy's 

 collection) ; Nenrocordiilia yamaskanensis Provancher, Perdix, vi. 8, 

 1913, i 9 (the second known specimen from the State, the first being 

 the male from the same locality, also by Mr. Daecke, recorded in the 

 NEWS, xxi, 429) ; Sninatochlora tcncbrosa Say, Rausch's Gap and Gold- 

 mine, ix. 4, 1917, i $ from each locality, and Libcllula flarida Ram- 

 bur, Linglestown, vi. 15, 1913, I 9 (the first record for Pennsylvania). 



Lepidoptera. Dr. Skinner exhibited lantern projections of mi- 

 croscopic slides of the male genitalia of species in the family Hes- 

 peridae and remarked on the strong characters in the clasps or valvae. 

 R. C. WILLIAMS, JR., Recording Secretary. 



Entomological Section, The Academy of Natural Sciences of 



Philadelphia. 



Meeting of December 10, 1917. Director Philip Laurent presiding, 

 nine persons present. The death of Wm. D. Kearfott, a contributor, 

 Nov. 13, 1917, was announced. 



Dr. Calvert made some interesting remarks on the disease mor- 

 tality in recent wars, making special reference to typhus fever and its 

 attributed transmission by the body louse, Pediculns vestimenti. The 

 life history of the louse was given and various preventatives were 

 discussed. Dr. Skinner mentioned some of the methods he recom- 

 mended as being effective in repelling lice. 



Lepidoptera. Dr. Skinner made a few remarks relative to 

 Anthocharis genutia forma flavida, specimens of which were col- 

 lected by W. J. Coxey, February 12, 1917, at Savannah, Georgia. This 

 form differs essentially in having the orange apical area of the fore 

 wing of the male including or attaining the black spot. Mr. Wil- 

 liams reported receiving Pieris monustc, female form phileta from 

 Miss Elizabeth O. Groves, Miami, Florida. She writes that she 

 found pupae in quantities and collected a pint from which she se- 

 cured 200 emergences the last week of June and first week of July. 



